aw-watcher-mpd/README.md

aw-watcher-mpd

An ActivityWatch watcher for MPD.

Based of off aw-watcher-spotify

Development

1. Install pip packages from the requirements.txt.
2. cd aw_watcher_mpd
3. python main.py --testing

Building

1. make clean
2. make package

Installing (Linux)

To install aw-watcher-mpd, first build it, then follow the below steps to install and automatically start the watcher when ActivityWatch starts.

1. cp -R dist/aw-watcher-mpd /opt
2. Create /usr/bin/aw-watcher-mpd
   Contents: ```bash #!/bin/bash

/opt/aw-watcher-mpd/aw-watcher-mpd "$@"

3. chmod +x `/usr/bin/aw-watcher-mpd`
4. Edit `~/.config/activitywatch/aw-qt/aw-qt.toml`  
Uncomment the first two lines and add `aw-watcher-mpd` to autostart.  
Example:
```toml
[aw-qt]
autostart_modules = ["aw-server", "aw-watcher-afk", "aw-watcher-window", "aw-watcher-mpd"]

Configuring

To configure settings for aw-watcher mpd such as the MPD connection details and ActivityWatch poll time, first run the application once, and then edit ~/.config/activitywatch/aw-watcher-mpd/aw-watcher-mpd.toml.